Anonymous wrote:I’m doing this party this year with older kids but did it once when my daughter turned 3. I made the cookies the day before and made a huge batch of royal icing which I colored and put into squeeze bottles. Very time consuming to make lots of colors and fill the bottles, but the party was lots of fun. Messy, yes, but fun. Each child had a super large paper plate to contain the cookies and the mess. As the frosting dried, I went around and put them on a fresh paper plate to get rid of all the excess frosting and sprinkles that were on the original plate.
Anonymous wrote:
Order the plain sugar cookies, make or buy some standard white frosting and tint fun colors with food coloring. Each girl gets her own station of plastic bowls filled with sprinkles, etc. I would buy the inexpensive Glad storage containers or cookie tins from dollar store- they will be too messy for a bag.
Anonymous wrote:Whatever you do, make sure each kid has their own supplies (or each family of kids). Like give them a plate that looks like a palette with a squeeze bag of white icing and a bunch of decorations.
If they are sharing icing and decorations, tons of people WILL get sick. And guests will be mad at you.
Ask me how I know?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I ordered plain sugar cookies from Giant (they said cookies could be nut free). I just used store bought frosting and sprinkles.
As the adult chaperone, I always wear gloves to these things. I don’t like “sticky” so the gloves are my lifesaver!
Have fun!
Ordering plain sugar cookies from hint is brilliant. I’m going to look into that! Any tips on good icing? I feel like the ones from a bag are gross. I was thinking of making my own but would love something foolproof
Anonymous wrote:I ordered plain sugar cookies from Giant (they said cookies could be nut free). I just used store bought frosting and sprinkles.
As the adult chaperone, I always wear gloves to these things. I don’t like “sticky” so the gloves are my lifesaver!
Have fun!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Skip the whole fondant thing, that's a lot of extra work for you when it's supposed to be kids decorating cookies. just get the tubs of frosting, put a few on the table, and let the girls frost their cookies, put all decorations on them, that's it.
I agree with this. Little girls won't like the taste of fondant anyway. Also, the poster who posted about the disposable table cloth is absolutely right. You want the girls to be able to spill without worrying so lay down disposable tablecloths (I've even laid down garbage bags I've cut open) and let them have at it. The point is that the girls have fun, not that everything be pristine! So set yourself up for success!
- disposable tablecloths down first (you may even want to put down painters plastic on the floor so you don't worry about that, too!)
- plates of baked cookies (5-10 cookies per girl)
- bowls of icing
- tubes of icing
- lots of spoons or knives for spreading icing
- bowls of sprinkles with spoons
- baking sheets or big plates lined with parchment paper (write each girl's name on the paper) for them to put their finished products
- aprons for each girl (these could be the "goody bag" gift)
- happy music playing out of your phone
- take lots of pictures
Have fun!
Agree with this. Also please tell me you will have a couple adults besides you helping. If not, perhaps ask a couple of the moms you are friends with to stick around or hire some neighborhood middle/high school girls to come assist.